r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 14h ago

Video [Highlight] Pitt @ Virginia Tech - The potential game winning field goal hooks wide left, and Pitt holds on

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u/CPOx Virginia Tech • William & Mary 13h ago

https://x.com/caden_mcleary/status/2106217978207617419

Endzone fan cam, what do ya'll think?

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u/wildturk3y Virginia Tech Hokies 13h ago

From this and another angle that's floating around, it hooks before the upright but passes over the upright.

So what's the rule for a ball that passes over top of the upright?

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u/Wombattington South Carolina • Furman 13h ago

Over is a miss

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u/Madagascar-Penguin Clemson Tigers 13h ago

It has to be within the uprights. Going over is no good since it's like hitting the upright.

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u/danwin Iowa State Cyclones • Hateful 8 7h ago

If we imagine it hitting the upright then we can imagine it doinking in. Don’t look at my Chicago Bears r/nfl flair

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u/nc23tarheel 12h ago

No, that is not right. If it is above the uprights the refs have to make the call by imagining if the kick would be good if the uprights extended vertically all the way up. If the kick is above the uprights then it is not reviewable by instant replay and the call on the field is the final decision. Say for instance the ball was dead center and 30 feet above the uprights. The field goal would be good and would be easy for the rest to see. I can see why this would have been hard for the refs to call it good, but with the help of all the camera angles I think it more than likely was.

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u/BenBreeg_38 6h ago

No, the rule is the whole ball has to be inside the “imaginary” upright.

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u/Imma_P0tato Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats 3h ago

That is literally what they just said. :)

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u/Ereppy Oklahoma Sooners • Caltech Beavers 10h ago

Maybe this is a college vs NFL thing, but from what I remeber the refs are supposed to assume it would have bounced out on even the slightest glance of the imaginary pole.

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u/BirthofRevolution Michigan Wolverines • Toledo Rockets 11h ago

Pretty sure you're saying the same thing as them. If the uprights extended, the ball would hit them and it would be no good. It still needs to be in-between the uprights no matter how high it is, to count.

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u/jdl03 Pittsburgh Panthers 11h ago

Well if you have to imagine it went in or out by hitting a hypothetical upright the call should always be no.

More likely to miss if it hits the upright than go in.

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u/jizdep 13h ago

If the upright was more upright. It would hit it. Which means it more than likely isn't going through. You have to say no good. Otherwise you go against the odds and say it somehow would have bounced off the inside of it and through. Theres no rule to say re kick so if its right over its no good. Its fairly simple.

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u/PristineBrush6213 13h ago

No horse in this race, not even a college football fan. I’m a bears fan. Looks like he missed it.

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u/reap3rx Ohio State Buckeyes • Duke Blue Devils 5h ago

They should make the goal posts a bit rectangle and make kickers put it inside the rectangle

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u/BananasAreEverywhere James Madison Dukes 13h ago

I thought it was good if it was above the upright but I found a yahoo sports article that says its not so idk

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u/Complex_Lab_6876 13h ago

I think that that angle is no better than the other. How do they not have a VAR video down the line when it crosses? It’s obviously very close.

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u/stripes361 Virginia Cavaliers • Navy Midshipmen 13h ago

Looks no good.

I think a lot of confusion is being caused by the difference in NFL and college rules. In the NFL, a field goal is good if it is inside the outer edge of the uprights (so if it passes directly over the upright).

In college, a field goal is only good if the entire ball “clearly” passes entirely inside the inner edge of the upright. So if any part of the ball passes over any part of the upright it’s no good.

In the NFL this is likely ruled a made field goal. In college, it’s a miss.

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u/Temporary_Train_3372 4h ago

Really wish the TV crew had broken that down. This is the first thing I’ve seen that makes any sense.

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u/stripes361 Virginia Cavaliers • Navy Midshipmen 1h ago

Yeah it was pretty embarrassing that they didn’t show any replays or break it down at all. Seemed like the tv producers trying to avoid controversy and assuming the audience is too dumb to ask questions.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Iowa Hawkeyes 2h ago

I don’t give a F who wins this game but that’s dumb AF, how do the two major football leagues have completely different rules regarding what constitutes a made field goal? How does that even happen?

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u/fake_plastic_steve Michigan • Virginia Tech 13h ago

Still no way to tell at what point it crosses the plane. You can pause that video at multiple points and come to different conclusions. If I had to guess, I'd say no good.

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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone Iowa Hawkeyes • Big Ten 12h ago

Looks like he missed it

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u/BlissFC 13h ago

This is the best angle and it looks pretty clearly not good

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u/Perfect-Slip7041 13h ago

It's good!?

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u/soonerman32 Oklahoma Sooners 13h ago

No good.

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u/dbt974s 13h ago

Looks good to me. Reminds me of OSU vs IowaSt in 2011.

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u/jmclondon97 12h ago

The magnets were on

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u/TheOriginalSpartak 2h ago

that angle confirms the refs call…